Related Words for understaffed

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inadequate
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Adjective
overworked
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Adjective, Verb
underfunded
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Adjective, Verb
staffed
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Verb
overstretched
/x/
Adjective
underpaid
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Adjective
overcrowded
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Adjective, Verb
swamped
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Verb
overburdened
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Adjective, Verb
disorganized
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Adjective
overwhelmed
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Verb
chronically
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Adverb
mismanaged
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Verb
demoralized
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Adjective
incompetent
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Adjective
inefficient
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Adjective
woefully
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Adverb
harried
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Adjective
disorganised
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Adjective
overloaded
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Adjective
unorganized
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Adjective
inept
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Adjective
overextended
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Adjective
crowded
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Adjective, Verb
frazzled
/x
Adjective
underperforming
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Adjective
unprepared
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Adjective
underutilized
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Adjective
severely
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Adverb
underemployed
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Adjective
overcharged
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Adjective
unmotivated
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Adjective
personnel
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Noun
hamstrung
/x
Verb
busy
/x
Adjective
congested
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Adjective
inexperienced
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Adjective
unorganised
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Adjective
unresponsive
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Adjective
uninterested
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Adjective
underhanded
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Adjective
ineffective
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Adjective
insufficient
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Adjective
underrepresented
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Adjective
short
/
Adjective
poor
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Adjective
underserved
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Adjective
unskilled
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Adjective
helpless
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Adjective
unprofessional
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Adjective
bungling
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Noun
under
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
unemployed
xx/
Adjective
ragged
/x
Adjective
undersized
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Adjective
underused
xx/
Adjective
unwieldy
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Adjective
powerless
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Adjective
feckless
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Adjective
underdeveloped
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Adjective
tired
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Adjective
impotent
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Adjective
unsatisfactory
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Adjective
infirm
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Noun
menial
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Adjective
imperfect
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Adjective
unequal
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Adjective
lacking
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Verb
destitute
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Noun
meagre
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Adjective
underinsured
xxxx
Adjective
undernourished
xx/x
Adjective
orphanages
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Noun
funded
/x
Verb
hospitals
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Noun
wards
/
Noun
department
x/x
Noun
equipped
x/
Verb
agency
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Noun
offices
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Noun
facility
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Noun
schools
/
Noun
libraries
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Noun
institution
xx/x
Noun
unit
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Noun
centers
/x
Noun
organization
xxx/x
Noun
force
/
Noun
service
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Noun
programs
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Noun
grossly
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Adverb
hopelessly
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Adverb
terribly
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Adverb
seriously
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Adverb
badly
/x
Adverb
remained
x/
Verb
division
x/x
Noun
administration
xxx/x
Noun
project
/x
Noun
tend
/
Verb
quite
/
Adverb
very
/x
Adverb
affiliated
x/xxx
Adjective
correctional
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Adjective
daycare
/x
Noun
desegregated
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Verb, Adjective
nonprofit
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Adjective, Noun
personal
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Adjective, Noun
professionalized
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Verb, Adjective
residential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
segregated
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Adjective
supported
x/x
Adjective
unionized
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Adjective
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
die
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Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb